This is my greatest beading achievment!! The pattern I made myself. I used half x stitch with seed beads on bead plastic canvas. The canvas bag was found at the craft store.6,300 seed beads (yes more than half nuts)A close up, can you see the water ripple? I "framed" it with gold seed beads, oops forgot to count them, and do not plan on it lol.The edges of front is done with RAW stitch with size E beads. IMPOSSIBLE to count!!! Lets just say a MILLION beads.Back of purse has ripple pattern, keeping with the theme. And yes I had to reach thru that zipper opening to connect front.Close up. May need to add something to that zipper pull? See the strap, it needs something, any suggestions?? It is already pretty darn heavy, so I was thinking of fun fur winding around it, what do you think??? HELP!!!

Edit with finished strap. This strap is wrapped with eye lash fiber, and can be changed easy enough if I change my mind. But so far I think I like it. What do you think?? You can be honest!

I cannot even begin to imagine the patience you must have...I would have thrown it across the room after like an hour! You did an absolutely beautiful, flawless job. I adore the picture it creates!!

Thanks bunches!!My husband calls it obsessive compulsive, I call it disaplined. lol I have been carrying that thing around forever, it holds all the beading things needed. Those pics were taken while we were camping the last couple days lol I get bored easy and have to have my hands doing something, bet I tried to crochet my umbilicle cord when I was in mom's womb!!!